Facebook Apps Bring The March Madness Home

Sunday, 68 teams will be selected to play in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship tournament — a time of year known as March Madness. Monday, people all over the country will be filling out brackets in office pools, picking the winners of all of those college basketball games. But with dozens of games going on, how can the casual fan keep track? There are some great Facebook-integrated applications that allow fans to get closer to the game, whether they're following their alma maters, or just seeing if their brackets will survive the first round.

Sunday, 68 teams will be selected to play in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tournament — a time of year known as March Madness. Monday, people all over the country will be filling out brackets in office pools, picking the winners of all of those college basketball games. But with dozens of games going on, how can the casual fan keep track? There are some great Facebook-integrated applications that allow fans to get closer to the game, whether they’re following their alma maters, or just seeing if their brackets will survive the first round.

NCAA March Madness Live, the official mobile and desktop app of the tournament, allows users to not only watch games online and on their phones, but to check in on Facebook and let their friends know which games they’re watching.

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